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All issues for 2025

Contents
12/2025
MULGA PARROTS in my aviaries
By Václav Zeman
page 436
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 420
Aggressive behaviour in COCKATOOS: Warning signals, prevention and treatment
By MVDr. Pavol Kováčik
page 428
Meyer‘s Parrots in the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area
By Dr. David Waugh
page 442
11/2025
Raising parrots with their parents
By Rafael Zamora Padrón
page 388
Experience with Bronze-winged Parrots
By MVDr. Pavol Kováčik
page 404
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 420
On the philosophy of keeping and breeding exotic birds with respect for nature – an interview with RNDr. Petr Suvorov, Ph.D.
By Alena Winner and RNDr. Petr Suvorov, Ph.D.
page 390
Encouraging signs for Red-tailed and Vinaceous-breasted Amazon populations in Paraná, Brazil
By Dr. David Waugh
page 412
10/2025
Emancipation in psittacids: quite a challenge
By Rafael Zamora Padrón
page 356
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 380
Successful breeding of Blue-headed Macaws
By Zdeněk Vandělík
page 360
EXOTIKA Lysá nad Labem – 17th National Exhibition of Exotic Fauna and Flora 2025
By Alena Winner and Ladislav Žoha
page 364
Loro Parque Fundación supports the breeding and release of Orange-bellied Parrots
By Dr. David Waugh
page 372
9/2025
SPECIAL ISSUE - VISIT TO THE PARROT BREEDER MILOŠ VÁCLAVÍK – A BREEDER AGAINST HIS OWN WILL – a strange inheritance
By Alena Winner
page
8/2025
The Achocha in parrot nutrition and its growing under European conditions
By Jaromír Slavík
page 304
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 316
Space, competition and incentives for parrots
By Rafael Zamora Padrón
page 292
A visit to parrot breeder Martin Mažgút in Slovakia
By MVDr. Pavol Kováčik
page 296
Constant vigilance for the Brazilian Pantanal’s Hyacinth Macaws
By Dr. David Waugh
page 306
7/2025
The importance of nest site selection in parrots
By Rafael Zamora Padrón
page 262
The wild Blue-throated Macaw population continues its resolute recovery
By Dr. David Waugh
page 274
EXOTIKA 2025 – exhibition of exotic fauna and flora
By Awiparrots
page 248
An expedition to see Tres Marias Amazons in the wild
By Günter Ballon
page 250
Experience with the successful breeding of Amazona dufresniana
By Ing. Petra Slavikova
page 264
Choosing safe and suitable bedding for parrots during hand-rearing
By Milena Vankova
page 272
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 286
6/2025
When diet becomes a danger: Overfeeding in parrots
By MVDr. Viktor Tukac, CSc.
page 220
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 240
Decades of experience with the successful breeding of Red-collared Lorikeets in captivity (Trichoglossus rubritorquis)
By Milena Vankova
page 214
Rose-faced Parrot
By Armin Brockner
page 224
A light in the gloom: Flame-winged Parakeets doing well in Chingaza
By Dr. David Waugh
page 232
5/2025
Parrot breeding in Slovakia
By MVDr. Pavol Kovacik
page 182
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 202
Aristocrats among parrots – the beauty and rarity of the Alisterus genus
By Frank Schuhmann and Alena Winner
page 174
To be taken into account during the breeding season
By Rafael Zamora Padrón
page 188
Droppings in the drinking water bowl
By MVDr. Helena Vaidlova
page 192
Neotropical parrots face more pressure from local demand for pets than from trade
By Dr. David Waugh
page 196
4/2025
Mulga Parrot
Kristof Michiels
page 136
What is the importance of plumage odour in macaws?
By Dr. David Waugh
page 158
Bird breeders advertise
Awiparrots
page 164
Parrot breeding advice
By Rafael Zamora Padrón
page 148
A World First: Discovering the NSL ino Mutation in the Nanday Conure and Blue-and-yellow Macaw
By Simon Cans, Pieter Colla and Bart Christiaenssen
page 150
3/2025
Poicephalus PARROTS in the aviaries of JAROSLAV POLÍVKA
By Alena Winner and Jaroslav Polívka
page 102
Bird breeders advertise
By Awiparrots
page 126
Red factor mutation in the Sun Parakeet
By David Monroger
page 86
Species being bred for the first time at LPF
By Rafael Zamora Padrón
page 98
The Varied Lorikeet
By Rinus van den Broek
page 112
East helps west: Ground Parrot breeding as a conservation safet-net
By Dr. David Waugh
page 118
2/2025
Bird breeders advertise
Awiparrots
page
Fifteen years of experience in keeping and breeding GALAHS
Alena Winner interviews Frank Schuhmann
page
Genetic distinction between the Blue and Parblue Eclectus
By Simon Cans, Neorni
page
The co-existence and co-extinction of parrots and their parasites
By Dr. David Waugh
page
1/2025
Who is Eric van Kooten
page 4
Origin
page 8
Taxonomy
page 8
Status
page 8
The year 2008, the first "Robustus"
page 8
Management of the stock
page 11
Nutrition
page 16
Intro
page 21
Breeding stimulation
page 21
Dimensions of the nestboxes
page 22
Required equipment for hand-rearing and use
page 28
Making yourself independent
page 30
Final remarks
page 30
Breeding the Poicephalus robustus – From acquisition to a stable stock in 14 years
By Eric van Kooten
page 6
The purchase
page 10
Furnishing the aviary
page 11
Periodic veterinary check
page 20
The first breeding success with the "Robustus" in the Netherlands
page 21
Breeding report & characteristics /photos of the development of the youngsters
page 24
If necessary "hand-rearing", preference for natural breeding
page 27
Feeding guideline for hand-rearin
page 28